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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cureless” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

37 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
cureless1031970(None) 
careless102813631careless
coreless103013831coreless
carless95118492car_less
causeless1135192causeless
clueless1035882clueless
codeless112010112codeless
cordless11299962cordless
crewless1335412c_rewless
cruelest1059182cruelest
cruelness1145052cruelness
cuffless1634292cuffless
cupelers1266732cupelers
curdlers11368492curdlers
curdles103814572curdle_s
curlers94218072cur_lers
curlews12387392cur_lews
curtness1037262curtness
cuteness1039672cuteness
fireless112810592fireless
fumeless13236602fumeless
furless103210142fur_less
fuseless11237232fuseless
hueless1058822hu_eless
hurtless11307782hurtless
ireless72312242_ireless
juryless1832982juryless
pureness101110182pureness
ruleless836632ruleless
scoreless1155602scoreless
sureness8912902sureness
tireless82510262tireless
tubeless1037022tubeless
tuneless837912tuneless
turfless1135532turfless
useless7188422_useless
wireless11249632wireless

Search took 9 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911210590.780229091.0
2DLD Change Limit121059377.51616106.8
3Display Results37370.0162312.5
 (SQL Overall)178691378.31221498.0
 
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